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Question About SEALs
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it's actually navy. Hence the name Navy Seals. You go through navy boot camp first. You sign the Seal Challenge Contract, which entitles you enlist in the seals. Once you are done with basic, you go to BUD/S with all your portfolio. You then go through "prepatory hell" for 4-7 weeks, and then you get to go into the ACTUAL navy seal training. Navy seal training is four phases of 25 weeks of INTENSE training where the physical aspect gets harder and harder each week. This is where the instructer gets to beat the living shit out of you.
Look it up. www.navyseals.com
Look it up. www.navyseals.com
Buddy_Christ
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i'm a former marine. military training doesn't involve weight lifting, and i was upset about that. in boot camp, it's not just the regular training that conditiones you, it's EVERYTHING. take the M-16....a 7.2lb rifle..it's nothing, right? heh heh, think again! imagine holding it by the front grip, rifle is straight up and down, your arm is straight out from your body...oh, yeah, that's with ONE hand. keep it there for, hmmm, 2, 3, 4 minutes. easy? i wish! force yourself to do 20 pullups...whether you can do them or not. can't make 20? ok, well, you're not done. someone will come and grab your feet. you'll bend your knees so your feet are up behind you, and you'll get an assist to get you to 20. thankfully i was able to do 12 or 13 when i went into boot camp...i feel bad for the guys that could only do 5 or 6. at the end of bootcamp my personal best was only 16 or 17...takes a LOT to get 20. and these pullups are pure deadhangs too. overhand or underhand, unless you're told specifically which way to do them.
try 6" for a few minutes. jumping jacks for 5+ minutes. or here, try this....
on command, go from running in place (knees coming up to waist height), jumping jacks, flutter kicks (6" while alternating which leg you are lifting, and yes, the other leg stays up), pushups, mountain climbers (on hands and feet, kinda in a running in place motion)...all sorts of stuff. now, continue to do it for 10, 15, 20 minutes...maybe longer. you could be stuck in one exercise for a few minutes or changing exercises every 15 seconds. do all this AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. one day i did all this for almost an hour and a half, with one 5 minute break. know what i did to deserve that? i farted.
so besides the regularily scheduled training days, you can be nailed with extreme cardio at any time. they build time into the schedule for these things, so i guess it's scheduled training.
so with enough use of your own bodyweight, you can gain strength, and even size, as everyone told me my back and shoulders grew a lot while i was in boot camp. military training is for strength though, as they want you to be lean and mean killing machines.
try 6" for a few minutes. jumping jacks for 5+ minutes. or here, try this....
on command, go from running in place (knees coming up to waist height), jumping jacks, flutter kicks (6" while alternating which leg you are lifting, and yes, the other leg stays up), pushups, mountain climbers (on hands and feet, kinda in a running in place motion)...all sorts of stuff. now, continue to do it for 10, 15, 20 minutes...maybe longer. you could be stuck in one exercise for a few minutes or changing exercises every 15 seconds. do all this AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. one day i did all this for almost an hour and a half, with one 5 minute break. know what i did to deserve that? i farted.
so besides the regularily scheduled training days, you can be nailed with extreme cardio at any time. they build time into the schedule for these things, so i guess it's scheduled training.
so with enough use of your own bodyweight, you can gain strength, and even size, as everyone told me my back and shoulders grew a lot while i was in boot camp. military training is for strength though, as they want you to be lean and mean killing machines.
Tom Treutlein
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Did you find that after coming out of the service, any of your previous lifts increased (bench, squat, deadlift, skull crushers, curls etc.)? After all, if it is aimed at increasing one's strength, then I would think that would be the case.
Rex
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Crak: What Batallion were you? P.I. or San Diego. Those rifles do get mighty heavy pretty fast. I came out of PI a soaking wet 145-150.
My company runs us 4-5 times/ week on hardball surface and get little time to go to the gym for morning PT. I'm 19 with knees that have worn down cartlidge.
To quote my Heavy hat on asking him why they don't have us lift a lot of weights: The Marine Corps has a job to do. Win battles, and you don't win battles by getting killed. Big people make for big targets. Did that answer your question? Ok....now get in my pit.
My company runs us 4-5 times/ week on hardball surface and get little time to go to the gym for morning PT. I'm 19 with knees that have worn down cartlidge.
To quote my Heavy hat on asking him why they don't have us lift a lot of weights: The Marine Corps has a job to do. Win battles, and you don't win battles by getting killed. Big people make for big targets. Did that answer your question? Ok....now get in my pit.
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